#TW3 headcanons

[windflowerofskellige]

Gaunter O'Dimm is likely a very ancient deity in the witcher world who no longer has a cult but exists because the fear of something is a belief in something and I have been thinking about this extensively it fucks me UP. He's a god in the way the devil from the bible is a god and that makes me feral.

[animezinglife]

It would take a lot to convince me that Az doesn't move through the shadows like higher vampires do in Blood and Wine.

And I absolutely do not want to be convinced otherwise.

[eycsnow666]

Hey! You asked me, and I love these sort of games, so I'm paying it forward.

If you want to do the character aske, I'd ask for your take on Geralt of Rivia 🥰

ah Geralt, my beloved most neutral witcher and bestest monster killer in all the land (/s ^^)

Sexuality Headcanon: once upon a time, a young Geralt fancied himself strictly as a woman’s man, and that his same sex dalliances w other witchers were simply bc of lonely nights in Kaer Morhen. Until he left KM and found himself not averse to bedding women and men alike. Life is full of surprises and sometimes they are children, sometimes the discovery that cock is prettty good. And since life as a witcher is Toil and Labour, he wasn’t about to over-complicate smth he personally had no objections with just because some rando noble might be uncomfortable. Quite the useful attitude for a witcher living on the outskirts of civilisation, so that worked out for him.

This is just my hc for a TW3 timeline with overt homophobia, based on the encounter with Mislav. Because CDPR have proven themselves cowards by not showing a single dick in the entirety of the games and therefore cannot be 100% trusted with canon, I like to also imagine another where homophobia is less prominent (and non-existent in most regions) where geralt is…exactly the same. no fucks given except for in bed ;)

Gender Headcanon: a cis man, and pragmatic and doesn’t give a hoot if prudes shake their heads at his gender non-conforming habits. if a warm, comfy article of clothing in his possession happens to be a dress, it’s being worn, and how majestic. he knows how to braid hair, bc it doesn’t hurt to know how. Bonus: kid!Ciri adored him for it. Besides, gender-coding things sounds like an Other People kinda problem, and he is but a simple witcher with potions to brew and blades to oil, so…

A ship I have with said character: Geralt/Emhyr is my current obsession💖 Geralt/Regis and Geralt/Dettlaff are two close faves. All simultaneously within the same timeline bc my blorbos love to share

A BROTP I have with said character: a begrudging understanding between Geralt and Mererid, whose dislike of Geralt rose exponentially when he heard of Emhyr taking on Geralt as a lover. But Geralt worked some magic (read: really good sex and perhaps some axii for the nerves) to make emhyr’s mood do a 180 or maybe just a 90, he’s still a grump sometimes

and mererid was like, ‘you. you can stay.’

A NOTP I have with said character: none particularly? m8 if I encounter a ‘squick’ ship (think themes of incest for example) that’s also well-crafted, count me in for eating the dead dove

Random headcanons:

The only time he seriously reassessed his sex life was: 1) after falling for Regis, and even then it was more bc of the mental image of Papa Vesemir scolding him that he was meant to fight, not fuck this creature, and 2) falling for Emhyr, but then he seriously contemplated many other things too…

No way is he not a good cook what with those witcher-level potion brewing skills and olfactory senses

he has really nice hands! when they’re not encrusted with monster gore, anyway. and he takes good care of them too

General Opinion over said character: one of my fave things abt his character is that even though he’s pushing 100, he’s still a big awkward turtle. and also that his hero complex pulls him in directions he wouldn’t intentionally go makes him even more fun (see: every single bit of politics shenanigans his allegedly neutral arse gets swept into). I love him. my babygirl.

that was fun, thanks for the ask!!

[justhereforeskel]

The original "strong foreboding witcher in a red bobble touque" popped up in my notes, reminding me once again about @on-a-lucky-tide 's excellent Grey Army post and my brain demanded doodles. 💜🐺

So have a really quick doodle with more knitted things for the best witcher 💜

[gatecrashing-corneas]

[bookcalanthedaily]

EMPRESS CIRILLA just a girl from cintra

cirilla fiona elen riannon, or rather becca of tigg, named after the first-ever queen of cintra, was a girl of lower aristocracy, grand-niece to baron eylembert of tigg, known better in queen calanthe's court as coodcoodak.

[elythegardeningbard]

What Eskel does in Kaer Morhen most of the time

[hanzajesthanza]

while we’re talking about lesbians, i claim intellectual property of milva being a lesbian, this is the home of lesbian milva (as if she were a specialty lemonade or something), all others are pretenders and imitations

[akhuna]

Gaetan getting one of these “Don’t worry, it’s not my blood” T-shirts for his birthday or Yule.

[whataboutthefish]

A friend was telling me about herding a pack of beagles into the car to go to the vets and how impossible it is! Anyway I was thinking how they get themselves into trouble with that damn nose of theirs.

SO

Imagine baby witchers straight out of the trials, their senses are heightened and everything is so much and all at once, especially their sense of smell is just overwhelmning.

The trainers loath having to herd them into the training grounds because they are scattered in all directions following their nose to a pretty flower or a scrap of bread in the garbage, or the scent of kittens they want to pester. Just a courtyard full of boys not paying any attentions to their teachers with that enhanced hearing because THE SMELLS are just so good and so distracting.

Baby Witchers are basically beagles

[foulbearobservation]

I spend more time playing gwent in the witcher than I do playing the actual game but also I never quite vibed with the standalone gwent game so every time I wanna play gwent I have to boot up the witcher 3 and find someone to play a game with, and half the time I have to ride across half the damn map to do it lmfao

[kitsunebattleboxer]

Yo I actually really like the idea of a completely silent Geralt while he’s on hunts. But super growly when he’s with his brothers/frustrated at something/at nobles that won’t give him his pay/etc

The creature that wants to kill you will not growl.

The function of a growl is as a warning. It is a communication that violence is available as a tool, but is not preferred. Other outcomes, besides your death, are available and should be considered.

But the creature that wants to kill you will not growl.

If your death is the goal, then growling will only serve as a delay and may result in your escape, which runs counter to the goal. There will be no growl, no warning. There will be no snarl or hiss or bluster. The creature that bares its teeth with the intent to kill only does so to bring closer its fangs to your demise.

The creature that growls does not want to kill you, but will if it must.

I advise you to appreciate the warning. You may not receive another.

[decahedrones]

Ciri thorough the game

Part 4 - Temple Island

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[secretprincesskitty]

my unpopular opinion about tw3 is that I like none of the endings

I want Ciri free and independent, using her powers the way she likes, having autonomy over her body and choices

the witcher ending probably is closest to this, but when she talks with Geralt about being a witcher, she seems more tired and resigned than happy :( the "when they treat women different it doesn't mean better" hit me so hard

I'd rather have her become a vigilante, stealing from the rich, giving to the poor, sometimes fighting monster to save people, but never because she needs the money and if some alderman is an asshole to her, then she can punch them and don't care if she still gets paid, she'll steal their wallet, too! she has adventures, like when they stole back the circus's horses with Geralt, and takes the money she needs and gives away the rest

basically chaotic good rogue Ciri is my headcanon for her ending!

[essskel]

wait explain the haunted house post tags

are you talking about kaer morhen

sorry the curiosity is eating at me lmao

(this post for context)

Yes I was talking about Kaer Morhen! What follows is mostly speculation and personal headcanon:

So post tw3, I do see the tragic appeal of Vesemir (or any number of dead witchers) haunting Kaer Morhen, but I prefer not to think of Vesemir as a ghost, or at least a pained, sinister one. He was laid to rest with love, and he died fulfilling his devotion to his family. And maybe the other witcher spirits that remained were given a more full sense of closure after his funeral too.

So that leaves Eskel as the caretaker of Kaer Morhen. Geralt has his family, Lambert knows better. It’s just Eskel. He’s the last ‘true’ wolf witcher in the keep, not even a troubled spirit to keep him company, to rattle the doors and open the cubbards, not even the distorted voice of dead Vesemir to tell him what to do with himself, no one to guide him, no one to fill the silence.

Eskel himself is the ghost then. He’s the cold, silent, shape of a witcher that walks the halls of Kaer Morhen night and day. If you were to hike up to the castle, you might see his form in a window, you might hear his footsteps on the stair, see a flash of igni on a dark night. The age of Witchers is dead, the school of the wolf with it, all that’s left is Eskel, dragging around its corpse, muttering the names of dead men.

[sillylilfang]

okay, hear me out. Aiden is just barely taller but he insists it's a huge height difference and Lambert is therefore tiny.